Using free verse and a new form developed specifically for this story, Helen Frost – no stranger to the LBH award – created HIDDEN, (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2011) a narrative rich in intrigue with a mystery that pulled me quickly through the story. HIDDEN was named a Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Book.

Dianne White has lived and traveled around the world. After a 25-year career in teaching, she now enjoys writing full-time from her home in Gilbert, AZ. Her first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, illustrated by Caldecott artist Beth Krommes, is published by Beach Lane Books/S&S. GOODBYE BRINGS HELLO, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and WHO EATS ORANGE?, illustrated by Robin Page (Beach Lane Books) are forthcoming in 2018. She can be found at www.diannewrites.com.